Infertility experts warn that getting a 'designer' baby is difficult and expensive. "You need a lot of paperwork and approvals," cautions Dr Anjali Malpani, a Mumbai-based fertility specialist. European donors may charge between $1,000 to $5,000 (Rs 6,000 to Rs 30,000 approximately) depending on factors such as physical health and educational background.

Dr Manish Banker, director of a fertility clinic, says: "Seeking fair-skinned donors is a rising trend. Couples usually ask for donors with blue or brown eyes."

Caucasian eggs are usually sourced from donors in Spain and countries in Eastern Europe. Dr Bakshi of Delhi explains: "You need to get a legal agreement signed by the intended parents, and the clinic, which should be registered with the ICMR. The clinic should issue a No Objection Certificate to import frozen human embryo and it should be signed by the intended parents while they are physically present in India." Various courier services and cryopreservation companies ship such biological material to India.

But there are issues of logistics and laws. Dr Malpani of Mumbai cites a 2010 incident where a container carrying frozen human embryos from the US was seized by customs officials at Mumbai airport and returned to the US. While the ART Bill 2010 clearly states that import of human embryos is allowed, the customs department has yet to update its import tariff manual to include it.

None of this deters couples like Suresh and Supriya Shetty from Hyderabad who scouted for a donor fairer than them. "We are so grateful that our daughter Vani is as white as milk. There is no denying that it is easier to get fair girls married," says Suresh who came to Ahmedabad to get IVF treatment done.

“I am an African-American in the IT field and I have thus far had the good fortune to live and travel extensively throughout Western and parts of Eastern Europe and many countries in Asia. I have lived or traveled in the UK and most of the EU countries as well as Taiwan, Korea, the Philippines, Thailand, Japan, Indonesia, Malaysia and several other Asian countries including India.

Of all the countries I have been to, India ranks way up there among the most ‘racist’, IMHO. Indians aren’t so much ‘racist’ as they are intolerant. Indians discriminate against fellow citizens to a degree that I have NEVER encountered in ANY other country. Without a doubt, Indians are the the most color obsessed people I have ever encountered anywhere in the world. No doubt because of all that saturation advertisements for ‘Fair and Lovely’, ‘Fair and Handsome’ and all manners of skin-whitening creams, lotions, soaps etc. Even if you are 100% Indian, your fellow Indians might still discriminate against you on the basis of the color of your skin, which region of India you come from, what language you speak, your religion, your caste etc, etc.

If you are of obvious African ancestry, including African-American, you can find life really, really tough in India if you are going to be in India for a while. Indians can be such unabashed, in your face racists. In the interest of fairness, I should point out that oftentimes, lighter-skinned Indians despise darker-skinned Indians every bit as much as much as they despise us people of African ancestry. Apart from that, there is also considerable antipathy between North Indians and South Indians

Indians outside of India endlessly complain about the intolerance and racism they have to put up with in places like Europe, the US, Canada, Australia, the Middle East and even Africa. These very same Indians conveniently choose to ignore the fact that Indians themselves can be such pathological bigots against their fellow Indians, other Asians and especially people of African ancestry. `. In Amritsar, one of my best friends was Gyan, a Nepali whom I initially mistook for a Chinese. Indians disdainfully call him “Chinki” or “Bahadur”, which Gyan hated. As a matter of fact, Indian citizens from India’s North-Eastern states, who often have Chinese facial features are routinely referred to, usually disparagingly as ‘Chinkis’.

Some African-Americans have sought my advice about going to Indian for hands-on IT training. My stock advice to them is. be prepared to deal with unabashed in-your-bigotry because Indians hate dark-skinned people, including fellow-Indians. You can expect to have things even worse if you are somebody of African ancestry. As for housing, be prepared to live long term in a hotel. Available housing can be hard to get even if you are an Indian. Because Indian landlords routinely discriminate even against fellow Indians who happen to be from the ‘wrong’ part of India, speak the ‘wrong’ language, belong to the ‘wrong’ religion or caste etc. As somebody of African ancestry, you face a double whammy in a culture that hates dark skin. If you are Caucasian or White, you should be alright, since the people automatically show respect for white-skinned people. Heck, I have seen Indians discriminating against fellow Indians in favor of White foreigners.

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Seriously you're way off, first of all its just Punjabis and they ask for egg doners from caucasian women, why? Its because many Indians are fair skinned with light eyes themselves. If you read a UK article, Indians who live in britain stay childless until they can go to India and find a doner there and this is recorded in the women urology department. Also there was just 75 infertile Indian couples. 15 asked for Caucasian eggs after trying really hard to find Indian eggs. India is caste driven and most people want eggs from the same caste. Indian males are generally fertile males as you can see with their population explosion so its just a minor demand for eggs and that too in just Punjabis and Kashmiris where fair skinned people are more common. The average Indian literally has brown and dark skin babies. Just look at wherever Indians go, their population never falls, it keeps rising

Seriously you're way off, first of all its just Punjabis and they ask for egg doners from caucasian women, why? Its because many Indians are fair skinned with light eyes themselves. If you read a UK article, Indians who live in britain stay childless until they can go to India and find a doner there and this is recorded in the women urology department. Also there was just 75 infertile Indian couples. 15 asked for Caucasian eggs after trying really hard to find Indian eggs. India is caste driven and most people want eggs from the same caste. Indian males are generally fertile males as you can see with their population explosion so its just a minor demand for eggs and that too in just Punjabis and Kashmiris where fair skinned people are more common. The average Indian literally has brown and dark skin babies. Just look at wherever Indians go, their population never falls, it keeps rising

Actually its the opposite many European couples go to India to use Indian female egg doners from poorer backgrounds here is proof www(.)dur(.)ac(.)uk/asian(.)infertilities/news/?itemno=8337

There was 75 cases of infertility of Indians in britain and 85% travelled back to India for egg doners, the other 15% tried a lot to find Indian doners and settled with a Caucasian woman's eggs. You're paranoid and seriously need help. India's population is 1 billion and their numbers are rising faster than white people. Those babies aren't just appearing out of no where also its Punjabis and Kashmiris who go for Caucasian egg doners since they're generally more fair skinned than other Indians.

Actually its the opposite many European couples go to India to use Indian female egg doners from poorer backgrounds here is proof www(.)dur(.)ac(.)uk/asian(.)infertilities/news/?itemno=8337

There was 75 cases of infertility of Indians in britain and 85% travelled back to India for egg doners, the other 15% tried a lot to find Indian doners and settled with a Caucasian woman's eggs. You're paranoid and seriously need help. India's population is 1 billion and their numbers are rising faster than white people. Those babies aren't just appearing out of no where also its Punjabis and Kashmiris who go for Caucasian egg doners since they're generally more fair skinned than other Indians.